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Eon is expanding its venture capital business. A fund has now been launched in which third parties can also participate.

Supervisory boards are increasingly engaging in dialogue with investors and other stakeholders. The focus lies on governance issues.

The uncertainty is high about how inflation and the economic situation of the Eurozone will develop in the coming months. Accordingly, the advice from economists to the ECB varies quite a bit, as a survey by Börsen-Zeitung shows.

Banks are facing more and more professional cyberattacks, says IT expert Thomas Schumacher. The brazenness of the perpetrators is also increasing. In the USA, a hacker group recently reported a bank it had attacked to the SEC for allegedly not reporting the incident.

The European ESG regulators should use 2024 for a break. There are enough building blocks on the table. Politicians should wait with new plans.

An eyesore or a mystically weathered lost place? Following the insolvency of the project developer, the revival of the old police headquarters in Frankfurt will have to wait. A source of delight for architecture enthusiasts, cinephiles, and tourists.

Online sales of goods in Germany fell below 80 billion euros in 2023. While this figure is significantly higher than in the pre-Covid year 2019, the growth of the boom years 2020 and 2021 has diminished considerably.

Former VW brand boss Ralf Brandstätter, who has been in charge of the VW Group's activities in China since August 2022, will be succeeded by a long-time close companion. As Head of Development, Thomas Ulbrich is to drive forward the e-vehicle business in the world's largest car market.

Following the interest rate turnaround and a decline in property prices, open real estate funds are under pressure. However, the holding periods introduced for investors in 2013 stabilize the investment products today. A mass exodus of investors, as seen during the financial crisis, is unlikely.

Many private equity funds have held on to their portfolio companies for longer than usual over the past two years. In a study, Strategy& estimates the backlog of "overdue" unsold private equity portfolio companies in Europe at over 250 companies. A wave of delayed exits is expected for 2024.

The insurance industry is under pressure due to the drastically increasing claims amounts driven by inflation. Car insurers have plunged deep into the red.

Martin Kind is a successful entrepreneur. As an investor in the football club Hannover 96, he tends to be contentious and controversial. This regularly puts him in the headlines, most recently in the discussion about the allocation of TV rights licences by the DFL.

With its mobile battery solutions, the Swabian company Instagrid provides clean power supply for professional use – such as construction sites or film sets. Investors have now invested 95 million dollars in the startup.

There is concern that the ECB may lower interest rates too late in light of the successes in reducing inflation. Even though the ECB must be aware of this risk, it should by no means give in to market expectations of an interest rate cut by April.

SAP is demonstrating a new pace of change, with which it is gaining ground against Big Tech – and rebuilding trust on the stock market.

Sustainable buildings in Europe have experienced the highest surge in demand globally. The RICS Sustainability Report highlights the varying preferences of tenants and investors regarding ESG.

The strong franc and the weak global economy form a toxic cocktail for Swiss export companies. But they have learnt to arm themselves.

Many banks and financial companies have long since mastered data analysis and machine learning. However, the use of generative artificial intelligence to create new content has not yet left the experimentation room, as regulators and the financial sector explain in Frankfurt's Techquartier.

The governing coalition is still in crisis mode with its budget. Expenditure and net borrowing will remain high in 2024.

Commerzbank analysts have taken a look at the major EU banks. German banks have left their French competitors behind, but the South-North divide remains wide.

A power struggle at agricultural trading group Baywa between the Chairman of the Supervisory Board and the Chairman of the Board of Management ends with the resignation of Chief Supervisor Klaus Josef Lutz. The dispute revolved around compliance rules.

Isabelle Adelt is one of the youngest female board members in the MDax. After holding positions at EY, Zeiss and Schenck Process, she took over the CFO role at lubricant manufacturer Fuchs just over a year ago. There is a lot for her to do there.